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Sean Robinson, owner of District Vape inWashington, D.C., likes to say he could have bought a house with the money he spent on cigarettes. The 48-year-old from Virginia smoked for 31 years and failed repeatedly to quit — until an "off-beat" friend introduced him to vaping.

He hasn't smoked a cigarette since, and his experience inspired him to open his own shop. It's one of the 8,500 vape shops in the U.S. that collectively generated $900 million in 2014, according to market analysts at Wells Fargo.

"I'm trying to save lives," says Robinson.

But Robinson is afraid he'll soon be out of business as the D.C. council prepares to vote June 30 on a new budget that would tax vapor products like cigarettes — an excise tax...

It would unfairly and prematurely classify vapor products (electronic cigarettes) as tobacco products. The harm from tobacco comes when tobacco leaves are burned and produce tar and carcinogens. Nicotine extracted from the root of the tobacco plant does not pose these harms. Moreover, that same nicotine extracted from tobacco is utilized in the gum, patch,...

Lack of research is one of the biggest myths we hear from e-cigarette critics. Many people assume that e-cigs have not been studied in detail because the research is not heavily published by the main stream media. However, there have already been many clinical trials and research projects conducted that found promising results for e-cigarettes. Here is a look at some of the most important studies we have seen to date.

1) Secondhand Vapor Contains Nicotine, But No Combustible Toxins

The Oxford Journal published a study in December 2013 where scientists looked at what toxins might be in secondhand vapor. They found that e-cigs have no combustion related toxins present in the vapor and only a small amount of nicotine was found in secondhand...

That's much longer than the warnings on traditional cigarette packs in the United States. Nicotine, the e-cigarette warning says, is "addictive and habit-forming, and it is very toxic by inhalation, in contact with the skin, or if swallowed." It is not intended for women who are pregnant or breast-feeding, or people ... who take medicine for depression or asthma. "Nicotine can increase your heart rate and blood pressure and cause dizziness, nausea and stomach pain," says MarkTen, a leading brand in the United States. The ingredients can be "poisonous."

MarkTen's parent company Altria, maker of Marlboro cigarettes, said the language seemed...